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(2) \(x<0\)Not sufficient (we need to know value of y-z is equal or not to |x|)

(1)+(2) Sufficient.

Answer: C.

Hi bunuel, I am not able to understand the solution for this problem. Can you kindly explain the highlighted areas.Note that y-z must be \geq{0}, because absolute value (in our case |x|) can not be negative.

Generally question asks whether y-z\geq{0} and whether the difference between them equals to |x|.

(2) \(x<0\)Not sufficient (we need to know value of y-z is equal or not to |x|)

(1)+(2) Sufficient.

Answer: C.

Hi bunuel, I am not able to understand the solution for this problem. Can you kindly explain the highlighted areas.Note that y-z must be \geq{0}, because absolute value (in our case |x|) can not be negative.

Generally question asks whether y-z\geq{0} and whether the difference between them equals to |x|.

Look at \(|x|=y-z\): the left hand side is absolute value (|x|), which cannot be negative, hence the right hand side (y-z) also cannot be negative. Therefore must be true that \(y-z\geq{0}\).

Next, for (1) given that \(-x=y-z\). Now, if \(x>0\), or if \(x\) is positive, then we'll have that \(-positive =y-z\) --> \(negative=y-z\). But as we concluded above \(y-z\) cannot be negative, hence this scenario is not good.

The question poses as x being the centerpiece variable but Bunuel turns it on its face and makes y-z the main subject. Which makes all the difference with data pt 1 when u look at it as y-z=-x. You immediately see that the right side has to be -ve for the LEft side to be +ve. Brilliant approach.

Bunuel wrote:

Is \(|x|=y-z\)?

Note that \(y-z\) must be \(\geq{0}\), because absolute value (in our case \(|x|\)) can not be negative.

Generally question asks whether \(y-z\geq{0}\) and whether the difference between them equals to \(|x|\).

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